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Scott WertelScott is a full-time Configuration Manager. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MSOE and over 10 years experience in mechanical design and engineering. Scott started his career on the drafting board, a discipline he feels every new designer or engineer should experience. He discovered his knack for CAD when creating CAD exercises and exams for his high school drafting class, which later progressed into CAD standards for his first employer.
Later, Scott learned 3D modeling in CATIA v4, UG(NX), I-deas, and Pro/E; and then on to mid-range modelers like Solidworks, Solid Edge, and Alibre Design. Scott is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arizona. He is a member of NSPE and ASME. To keep his design skills sharp, Scott freelances P/T for jobs that do not constitute a conflict of interest. « Less

Scott WertelScott is a full-time Configuration Manager. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MSOE and over 10 years experience in mechanical design and engineering. Scott started his career on the drafting board, a discipline he feels every new designer or engineer should experience. He discovered … More »

One CAD system Deelip was not able to try was Solid Edge ST3, because it is currently in beta and only a few leaks are managing their way into the public realm. The reason ST3 really needs to be in Deelip’s comparison is because it claims to have significant improvements to graphics performance.

Well, it just so happens that one Solid Edge user did a test similar to Deelip’s. Please note that this user did this prior to Deelip’s blog posts, so it doesn’t use an engine and the pathing is only coincidental. The reason it is so late making it into the public realm is because the user needed to get permission before releasing the videos. That’s the speed of business, baby. What do you think? Are these “freakin’ awesome”?

The test was also done on a machine very similar with only 4 Gig RAM, Windows XP, and a 10,000 RPM SATA drive and the results were identical. The Solid Edge settings were the default settings, no special tweaks.